Once upon a time there was a King who said to his court: "I like beautiful rings, and I' bought one of the most beautiful diamonds in the world, and I want to hide a message in the ring. The message should serve me in times of desperation and is to serve my successors. It must be a short...

The scrunched up paper on her hand was moist from her nervous sweat. Rita unwrapped it. Wiritten in firm pencil lines, the address pulled at her. Calling her. Ever so loudly. She looked up from the paper note. Number twenty-three. Yes, this was it. Her heart beat in sync with the silent...

Sheila entered the taxi and instructed "Follow that car!". The middle aged driver looked in the direction of her extended finger. Confused, he looked back at her and traced an axis with his eyes from where she sat, rummaging her square dark green purse, to where she had pointed. They were in a...